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Senate advances H.6 60 to third reading after debate over opioid settlement spending
Summary
The Senate ordered third reading of H.6 60, a bill that directs opioid-settlement funds to recovery housing, syringe services, overdose-prevention resources and related programs; senators debated allocations for an overdose prevention center in Burlington and requirements for sustainability planning and AG review.
The Vermont Senate ordered third reading of H.6 60 on the opioid abatement special fund after a lengthy floor report and debate.
Senator Lyons, the Health and Welfare committee reporter, summarized the bill as appropriating opioid-settlement dollars to ongoing recovery and harm-reduction programs, new recovery residence beds and targeted clinical services. "In January... it was $11,800,000 in the fund," she said, describing about $6.71 million already spent under prior appropriations and a package of new grants and reversions the bill would authorize.
Why it matters: H.6 60 directs a nonrecurring settlement fund used statewide to pay for recovery residences, syringe-service programs, peer recovery coaches, naloxone distribution,…
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